Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
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Template:Update Image:North Nova.png Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (formerly North Nova) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 87,507.
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Demographics
Ethnic groups: 96.7% White, 1.6% Native Canadian, 1.2% Black
Languages: 97.5% English, 1.4% other
Religions: 65.7% Protestant, 17.5% Catholic, 1.3% Other Christian, 15.1% no affiliation
Average income: $22,785
Geography
The district includes the counties of Cumberland, and Colchester and the northeastern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Communities include Musquodoboit Valley, Truro, Amherst and Springhill. The riding's area is 10,086 sq. km.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 as "North Nova", 93.6% from Cumberland—Colchester and 6.4% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore ridings.
After the election in 2004, the name was changed to "Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley".
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
- Bill Casey, Conservative (2004-)
Election results
Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
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North Nova
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/Conservative |CASEY, Bill |align="right"| 20,188 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |BRUSHETT, Dianne |align="right"| 10,591 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |SAGAR, Margaret E. |align="right"| 7,560 |- Template:Canadian elections/Green |RICHARDSON, Sheila G. |align="right"| 1,245 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Canadian |MOORS, Jack |align="right"| 399 Template:End